Confessions of a Wedding Planner – The Hen Night
How does it feel to be responsible for the most important day of a woman's life? Tamryn Kirby was one of the UK's leading wedding planners, and as such, has seen it all. Here she gives Confetti a glimpse at some of the most heart-warming stories along with some invaluable hints and tips for brides to be.
"I was so busy snogging him in the corner of the club that my drunken friends accidentally left without me."
'My friend held her hen night on a party bus which took them all from bar to pub to club. She was having a whale of a time until she drunkenly fell down the steps of the bus and twisted her ankle. She spent the rest of the night sobering up in A&E.' 'I was less than impressed when my best friend announced that my hen do was the perfect pulling opportunity to bag a man.While the rest of us were chatting and having fun, her eyes were constantly scouring the club for suitable prey.' 'After a very boozy hen night in Majorca, the hen party went straight from our final night out to catch a very early flight home.
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The bride was so pissed that she was throwing up in a bag as we were boarding. Consequently, they wouldn't let us on the flight, and the next free one wasn't for another two days.
We were all stood in the airport crying, "She's going to miss her own bloody wedding!" In the end, the nice people at British Airways took pity on us. They upgraded us, and we got home the night before.' 'I organized a hen night where the bride fell asleep at 10 p.m. and everyone wanted to go home. I clearly organize the best parties!' 'I knew a bride who went to a Greek restaurant for her hen do. Unfortunately, by 1 a.m., most of the hens were home, vomiting with food poisoning.' 'During a hen night in Dublin, I pulled an Irish hunk.
I was so busy snogging him in the corner of the club that my drunken friends accidentally left without me. I was in a panic as I couldn't remember where our hostel was, but then I found a lovely taxi driver who drove me around for two hours until I found it and didn’t even charge me. All the photos afterwards show me with fierce stubble rash from my snogathon.' 'I was a bridesmaid for a wedding in the summer where the hen party was the night before the wedding – not a good idea.
One of the other bridesmaids got so drunk that she turned up ten minutes late for the ceremony without her dress on or make-up done.The bride was slightly stressed!’ ‘I went to a hen night in Manchester where we were evacuated from our restaurant.As we stood outside, a fire engine came screeching to a stop, causing much hysteria from the drunken hens.
Thankfully, it was a false alarm, and after they'd given the building the all-clear, the firemen were only too happy to pose for a series of red-hot snaps with the bride!' 'My mother-in-law drank so much at my hen do that she passed out on the floor.'